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2018 NFL Rosters: Snaps Gained and Lost

While we go into every season expecting similar results to the year before the fact is teams change year to year, often dramatically. Now that the 53 man rosters are set I wanted to look at the amounts of snaps that were lost and gained by each team.

The teams that look to be the most similar to last year are the Falcons (2,863 snaps lost), Steelers (3,153), Saints (3,508), Jaguars (3,943), and Titans (4,898). The teams with the most changes from last years roster are the Cardinals (12,404), Giants (12,378), Bills (9,943), Colts (9,671), and Raiders (9,307).

Some of these teams turned to free agency while others turned to the draft to try to fix things. The teams that added the most snaps in via free agency, trades, claims, etc… are the Browns (9,260), Raiders (8,402), Giants (8,232), Seahawks (7,083), and Dolphins. The teams that avoided the more proven free agents are the Chargers (1,742), Ravens (1,760), Steelers (1,801), Bengals (1,898), and Bears (1,903). The Bears made me do a double take because I knew they signed a lot of players but it was high risk types like Allen Robinson and Trey Burton who were injured or part timers last year.

If you use the two sets of numbers you can also get an idea of how many snaps teams need to be replaced by players who were perhaps injured last year (think Sam Bradford) and draft choices. The team with the most snaps to replace overall by those players are the Cardinals (7,220), Colts (6,518), Bills (6,254), Chiefs (6,060), and 49ers (5,323). Those with the least to replace are the Saints (-679), Browns (-224), Jaguars (265), Falcons (572), Titans (624), and Packers (792).

When looking at that Bears stat I then decided to look at how much contract money per year each team added on a per snap basis. The Bears paid a whopping $32K per snap due to the type of targeted players. The next closest team, was at $13K, so the Bears put a lot of money in Allen Robinson, Trey Burton, Aaron Lynch, Chase Daniel, and Taylor Gabriel. The group maxed out at 508 snaps for Gabriel. It was a risky offseason. The other teams that added a lot of money to the teams and likely have increased expectations were the Browns, Giants, Cardinals, Jets, and Raiders.

The two tables will give a breakdown of the snaps lost and gained this year as well as spending on new players this season. Please note that the contracts used here were current as of Monday September 3rd.

2018 Snaps Gained and Lost from Prior Season

Team

Off. Snaps Lost

Def. Snaps Lost

Off Snap Gained

Def Snap Gained

Net Off Snap Lost

Net Def Snap Lost

Net Snaps Lost

Cardinals

6934

5470

2572

2612

4362

2858

7220

Colts

4284

5387

1856

1297

2428

4090

6518

Bills

5574

4369

2112

1577

3462

2792

6254

Chiefs

3675

5552

1004

2163

2671

3389

6060

49ers

4912

3396

2413

572

2499

2824

5323

Cowboys

4245

2456

1945

107

2300

2349

4649

Ravens

5157

859

1760

0

3397

859

4256

Texans

6178

2238

1605

2589

4573

-351

4222

Giants

6252

6126

4694

3538

1558

2588

4146

Bengals

3039

2970

800

1098

2239

1872

4111

Redskins

3191

3262

2083

604

1108

2658

3766

Chargers

3083

2354

1574

168

1509

2186

3695

Bears

2826

2748

816

1087

2010

1661

3671

Patriots

4543

2726

1900

1907

2643

819

3462

Broncos

4642

1141

2045

349

2597

792

3389

Eagles

2114

3033

1020

1392

1094

1641

2735

Dolphins

5448

2693

4261

1297

1187

1396

2583

Lions

3129

3693

2255

2086

874

1607

2481

Jets

2540

3258

1342

2370

1198

888

2086

Rams

1419

4351

1058

2727

361

1624

1985

Buccaneers

2439

3645

1086

3095

1353

550

1903

Panthers

3279

2619

2294

1786

985

833

1818

Steelers

1574

1579

118

1683

1456

-104

1352

Seahawks

4557

3832

3692

3401

865

431

1296

Vikings

3685

2312

3392

1650

293

662

955

Raiders

2802

6505

2451

5951

351

554

905

Packers

2927

3069

2757

2447

170

622

792

Titans

1837

3061

1745

2529

92

532

624

Falcons

1224

1639

1236

1055

-12

584

572

Jaguars

2709

1234

2697

981

12

253

265

Browns

4654

4382

5368

3892

-714

490

-224

Saints

1979

1529

1638

2549

341

-1020

-679

2018 New Veteran Player Contracts

Team

New Players

Annual Contract Total

Snaps

$/Snap

$/Player

Browns

17

$75,347,635

9260

$8,137

$4,432,214

Bears

6

$61,000,000

1903

$32,055

$10,166,667

Giants

19

$54,356,792

8232

$6,603

$2,860,884

Cardinals

15

$48,955,000

5184

$9,443

$3,263,667

Raiders

21

$45,749,572

8402

$5,445

$2,178,551

Jets

11

$45,219,294

3712

$12,182

$4,110,845

Dolphins

10

$45,102,148

5558

$8,115

$4,510,215

Buccaneers

7

$43,271,383

4181

$10,350

$6,181,626

Rams

5

$42,846,040

3785

$11,320

$8,569,208

Vikings

8

$42,787,196

5042

$8,486

$5,348,400

Jaguars

9

$41,290,604

3678

$11,226

$4,587,845

Texans

10

$38,326,254

4194

$9,138

$3,832,625

Chiefs

9

$35,534,356

3167

$11,220

$3,948,262

Redskins

5

$34,870,000

2687

$12,977

$6,974,000

Saints

8

$33,305,000

4187

$7,954

$4,163,125

Broncos

6

$30,902,743

2394

$12,908

$5,150,457

49ers

7

$29,364,704

2985

$9,837

$4,194,958

Titans

9

$29,267,410

4274

$6,848

$3,251,934

Bills

9

$29,215,000

3689

$7,919

$3,246,111

Panthers

9

$26,857,810

4080

$6,583

$2,984,201

Packers

8

$26,442,080

5204

$5,081

$3,305,260

Colts

11

$24,670,953

3153

$7,825

$2,242,814

Lions

11

$24,497,077

4341

$5,643

$2,227,007

Seahawks

14

$22,701,182

7093

$3,201

$1,621,513

Cowboys

8

$21,212,603

2052

$10,338

$2,651,575

Patriots

10

$20,293,625

3807

$5,331

$2,029,363

Bengals

4

$19,680,000

1898

$10,369

$4,920,000

Eagles

8

$18,319,369

2412

$7,595

$2,289,921

Ravens

3

$15,500,000

1760

$8,807

$5,166,667

Chargers

4

$12,246,667

1742

$7,030

$3,061,667

Falcons

5

$9,457,887

2291

$4,128

$1,891,577

Steelers

5

$8,870,579

1801

$4,925

$1,774,116

Summary

Article Name

2018 NFL Roster Turnover

Description

Examining how much NFL teams changed between 2017 and 2018 by looking at player snaps gained and lost plus new contracts signed.